Posted on Feb 15, 2007

Laura Meloney '06 and Jennifer Pangburn '06 returned to campus earlier this month to unveil a massive reworking of their hanging mobile, “As One,” in Reamer Campus Center. The mobile depicts a single portrait composed of facial features from 17 individual students. Eleven female students and six males were photographed for the project.

The reverse side of the mobile is a collage of names from the Class of 2006, with larger, bold letters that spell out the title of the piece.

The artists, who began the piece last year with encouragement from Fernando Orellana, professor of Visual Arts, wanted to create a piece that would “stimulate our viewers to consider all people and welcome multiculturalism and diversity,” according to an artists' statement.

The exhibit, which originally opened last spring, had been composed of only students from the Class of 2006. The new piece includes photos of current students.

“In the original piece the features were taken from pictures of people we knew, which added a lot of sentimental value to it,” said Pangburn. “Now, all the artwork is new, but the concepts remain the same.”

Posted on Feb 15, 2007

It's easy. Buy a bloom, help in the fight against cancer.

Each year, the American Cancer Society welcomes spring with thousands of daffodils. It's a double bonus – you can enjoy fresh flowers while helping a good cause, the American Cancer Society (ACS).

The daffodil is the organization's symbol of hope, and last year, Union faculty, staff and students raised hundreds of dollars in the ACS Daffodil Day campaign that supports programs for research, education and prevention, and patient and family services. The ACS is also offering potted bulbs.

For more details, contact Gretchel Tyson, Kenney Community Center, at tysong@union.edu, or Christina Glover, Schaffer Library, at gloverc@union.edu. Submit orders by Monday, Feb. 26.

Posted on Feb 15, 2007

Through March 22

Wikoff Gallery

Nott Memorial

Imagine No Religion

This student show features the photography of Frank Rapant '07 and focuses on crimes against women in major world religions. Rapant is an English major and Visual Arts minor. He is also a full-time photolab technician in the Art Department. 

Through May 6

Mandeville Gallery

Nott Memorial

Infinite Images: Technologies of Printmaking and Beyond

Drawn from the rich resources of the Union College Permanent Collection and Special Collections, Schaffer Library, this exhibition  explores printing and image-reproduction technologies from the 15th century to the present. It is curated by David Ogawa, assistant professor of Visual Arts, Rachel Seligman, director of the Mandeville Gallery, and Stephanie Berlind '09, with assistance from Schaffer Library Head of Special Collections Ellen Fladger. A reception and gallery talk by Ogawa will be held Thursday, May 3, 5-7 p.m. and a talk by Berlind is set for Friday, May 4, 3:30 p.m., both at the Nott Memorial.

Posted on Feb 15, 2007

Thursday, Feb. 15 – Friday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. / Old Chapel / “The Vagina Monologues”

Friday, Feb. 16, 5:30–7 p.m. / Old Chapel / Poet Saul Williams

Friday, Feb. 16, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. St. Lawrence

Friday, Feb. 16, 6 p.m. / Dance Studio / Afro-Cuban dance classes

Friday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink, Achilles Center / Women's hockey vs. St. Lawrence

Friday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. St. Lawrence

Friday, Feb. 16 – Monday, Feb. 19, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: The Holiday

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. / Old Chapel / “The Vagina Monologues”

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m. / Messa Rink, Achilles Center / Women's hockey vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m.-midnight / College Park Inn / Minerva Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball

Monday, Feb. 19, 1 p.m. / Becker Career Center / Internship and job search prep program

Monday, Feb. 19, 5 p.m. / Hale House / Plug Power CEO Roger Saillant speaks to students

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1:55 p.m. / Golub House / Abnormal Psych film: Iris

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Career services for U information table

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 3–6 p.m. / College Park Hall / U-Connect: Bringing students and employers together

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m. / Kenney Community Center / Free income tax prep service

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / “Abrupt Climate Change”: Environmental Series speaker Bryan G. Mark addresses “Global Climate Change: Water Resources and Human Occupation in the Tropical Andes”

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 10 p.m. / Old Chapel / Comedian: Jay Black

Thursday, Feb. 22, 11:30 a.m. / Wold House / Student-faculty ping-pong doubles tournament and luncheon

Thursday, Feb. 22, 12:45 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Founder's Day Ceremony

Thursday, Feb. 22, 3:45 p.m. / Social Sciences, Room 104 / Pizza & Politics: “The Atomic Bombings Reconsidered,” featuring Peter Kuznick of American University

Thursday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m. / Taylor Music Center, Emerson Hall / Musicians of Ma'alwyck present “Music for Seven” chamber rarities

Friday, Feb. 23 – Monday, Feb. 26, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: The Departed

Friday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. / Olin Atrium / Student robot demos

Friday, Feb. 23, 4 p.m. / Olin Auditorium / Presentation by Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot Corporation

Friday, Feb. 23, 5 p.m. / Lobby of Olin Auditorium / Computer Science reception and inauguration

Friday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m. / Dance Studio / Afro-Cuban dance classes

Friday, Feb. 23, 6 – 9 p.m. / Old Chapel / Caribbean pride night

Friday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink, Achilles Center / Men's hockey vs. Yale

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / “Heavenly Voices” annual gospel concert

Saturday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink, Achilles Center / Men's hockey vs. Brown

Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30–9 p.m. / 301 Olin Center / Observatory open house

Sunday, Feb. 25, 4-7 p.m. / Old Chapel / “Rhythm for Life” AIDS benefit concert

Posted on Feb 15, 2007

Peter Kuznick, professor of history at American University in Washington D.C., will discuss “The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered: Challenging the Official Justification” Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3:45 p.m. in Social Sciences 104 as part of the Pizza & Politics series sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha and the Political Science Department.

Kuznick is director of American University's Nuclear Studies Institute, where he specializes in recent American history and the U.S. cultural and nuclear ramifications of the Cold War. He has authored several books, including “Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in the 1930s America,” and is co-editor of “Rethinking Cold War Culture.” He is writing a book about scientists' opposition to the Vietnam War.

Kuznick led the Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy in response to the Smithsonian's controversial Enola Gay exhibit, and he co-founded the Nuclear Education Project.

Pizza & Politics is funded through an Intellectual Enrichment Grant. For more, contact the Political Science Department at ext. 6224.